Building confidence takes hit

The Master Builders Association says confidence in the industry has fallen in central Queensland for the second quarter in a row.

The association has released the results of its latest Survey of Industry Conditions which shows conditions in the residential sector also continued to deteriorate in central Queensland and the Mackay district.

Regional manager Denis Bryant says despite the results, the two areas are still performing much better than other regions of the state because of the resources boom.

"The general confidence levels of the industry are down quite sharply in the June quarter but we're not seeing those same problems in central Queensland," he said.

"Just the resource developments, people coming in taking up the available accommodation both rental and purchase."

Mr Bryant says conditions in the commercial sector also deteriorated, with the most critical constraints on business being extended wet weather and labour costs.

"I think the weather conditions seriously affected the work that was ongoing, whereas the labour costs will affect the work that's ongoing and the work that might be coming in because prices will rise if the labour costs keep going up and of course the other one that's pushing us up is the land availability as well," he said.

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